Paper Chained is a magazine written by and for incarcerated people, distributed in print to prisoners and online as free PDFs and articles. Issues feature reported stories from inside prisons, interviews with former prison editors and activists, and artwork by incarcerated artists.
Website: https://paperchained.com/
A memoir-style Substack by a mother whose adult son is in addiction recovery after prison, blending personal confessions with reflections on politics, parenting and community. Readers get candid, emotionally raw essays about the realities of addiction, reentry and the support of other parents.
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